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“Gig 'em Aggies! (B.T.H.O.T.U !!!!)”

The Aggieland of Bergnovinaia is a massive, economically powerful nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.357 billion are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of College Station. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Information Technology.

The government has enacted freedom of information, the government is seen to favor Catholics, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, and the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bergnovinaia's national animal is the 12th man, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Scholarship.

Bergnovinaia is ranked 56th in the region and 47,068th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.